Day 25
I got a message on my computer from my guardian via e-mail. He said that there's a song for me to perform for the competition. But he also warned me that if I didn't play it, he'll kill me. There was a link to the song he wanted me to play and the lyrics were just revolting! See for yourself if you're able to:
The secret side of me The scratching on the walls I feel it deep within I, I feel like a monster My secret side I keep I feel it deep within I, I feel like a monster It's hiding in the dark I feel it deep within I, I feel like a monster
I'll never let you see
I keep it caged but I can't control it
So stay away from me
The beast is ugly
I feel the rage and I can't control it
(In the closet, in the halls)
It comes awake and I can't control it
Hiding under the bed
(In my body, in my head)
Why won't somebody come and save me from this
Make it end
It's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I hate what I've become
The nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
Hid under lock and key
I keep it caged but I can't control it
'Cause if I let him out
(He'll tear me up, bring me down)
Why won't somebody come and save me from this
Make it end
It's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I hate what I've become
The nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I feel it deep within
It's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
These teeth are razor sharp
There's not escape for me
It want my soul, it wants my heart
No one can hear me scream
Maybe it's just a dream
Maybe it's inside of me
Stop this monster
It's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I [feel like a monster]
I hate what I've become
The nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I feel it deep within
It's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster
How could I lose control
It's something radical
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
That was it. God, I need to go tell Jak about this load of crap!
Later...
I just told Jak about what happened recently at the hut in Dead Town. He seems worried, but I'm not.
"If he's threatening me in some way, he's doing a terrible job at it. I think he's developing a fear rather than conquering one," I said in conclusion.
"Well, you do your rocking on the stage, I'll be rolling on the Zoomer and take him out, and if he's not down for the count, we'll give him a good beating," Jak reconsidered. "Sound good?"
"But what if he plans to, I don't know, grab you by the collar and snag you on the wall?"
"I could always kick him to let me go."
"What about running you over?"
"I'll jump for it."
I actually giggled, seeing as how he can kick someone out of his way in a quick, rapid twirl and jump as high as twenty feet and as far as eight metres; I guess he's be able to handle himself in either way.
"What song did 'he' ask you to play, Terra?" Jak used the usual "he" line to indicate Erol.
But I wasn't' really paying all my attention on the conversation. "Hmm? Oh, he asked me to play some song called 'Monster,' but I'm going to take that. It's too easy and very revealing. And also, I think 'he' is trying to get me to..." I got into a loss for words.
"Frame you and make you 'confess that you feel like a monster'?" he finished my sentence, half sounding like a question.
My eyes shot up in awareness. "You read the lyrics, didn't you?" I said in a convincing way.
"Well, Daxter did do some snooping around the city before he freed me from the Fortress."
"Oh, so that's how you escaped. And of how the KG suspected animal break-ins in there..." I murmured. I remember back on that earlier recon mission I had to do exactly twenty-three days ago. I guess all those I've been sent on so far have been linked to the very survivor of the DWP; you know who I'm talking about.
So my plan is this: from that spam mail I got from my guardian, instead of making any confessions (not even the smallest) to him, I'm going to perform that metal version of the 'All Souls Night' song and tell him off so that he ends up making the confessions and stop being all antagonistic on me and Jak. Then he's sure to make some good apology to Jak for what he's done to him, his friends and allies for all those years where I had been blind.